What claims has Debbie Arnold made against the late Michael Winner?

Debbie told the Sunday People that Michael Winner, who died in 2013, requested she massage her breasts during an audition.

Calling him “a dog” online, she said: “It was so offensive and horrific – it has stayed with me for years.”

Another actress, Cindy Marshall-Day, has also made similar claims saying she was asked to show Winner her breasts.

A third woman, who did not want to be named, said she complied with the producer’s demands as he smoked on a cigar.

All three of the women said they never reported the claims to the police over fears for their careers.

But they have been inspired, they say, by the women who have come forward to make allegations of sexual assault and rape against Weinstein, who denies all the claims.

Debbie said she was invited to his home in the early 1980s and said she was “thrilled” to meet the Hollywood movie maker.

She told the newspaper: “He asked me to take off my top, then my bra and told me to massage my breasts.

“I asked him to repeat the question because I thought I was hearing things. I started walking away from the window and he asked me why.”

The actress said she thought he was joking at first but then swore at him and called him a “pervert” before she said Winner threatened to report her to Equity, the actors’ union, for inappropriate behaviour.

She said Winner phoned her mother – also her agent at the time – afterwards to say he had played a trick on her.

Winner’s widow, former actress Geraldine, who married him two years before his death told the Sunday People: “Obviously I feel any ‘story’ you print would be untrue.

“Therefore I have no comment to make.”

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